Over the weekend, Penn State’s 2013 class lost another commitment, and on Wednesday the Nittany Lions were reeling again after losing two more recruits in the past 24 hours.

And the latest decommit hurts the worst.

Sporting News Top 125 offensive lineman Dorian Johnson (No. 106), one of Penn State's top recruits and an in-state prospect, is now strongly considering Pittsburgh, Ohio State and Virginia Tech. Johnson (6-6/280) called first-year Penn State coach Bill O’Brien late Tuesday to inform him of the decision, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The NCAA sanctions handed down in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case were just too much for Johnson to overlook.

“It was a real short conversation,” Johnson told the Tribune-Review, when asked about his talk with O'Brien. “He didn’t really say much. He did say that he respected my decision and wished me luck ... I knew they were going to get hit, but they got hit real hard. I wasn’t expecting all that. The top two things for me were the bowl game ban and the scholarship losses.”

Johnson boasts a 5-star rating by 247Sports.com and is the site's No. 12 overall player.

The other recruit to leave is linebacker Zach Bradshaw out of Maryland. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound recruit dropped Penn State and almost immediately gave his commitment to Virginia.

Since the sanctions were announced, five recruits dropped from Penn State’s 2013 class—at one point, a top 15-caliber group. Defensive back Ross Douglas, DT Greg Webb, WR Will Fuller also decommitted recently.

Nine players remain committed to the Nittany Lions, but SN125 recruits QB Christian Hackenburg, TE Adam Breneman, DE Garrett Sickels and OL Brendan Mahon are still intact. Breneman and Mahon told Sporting News recently that while they are committed, they wouldn’t rule out leaving if things got worse.